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Mitnick is probably the culturally accepted original. But he wasn't really a "hacker" in today's parlance. More like a pretexter.
by gozur88 10y ago
Mitnick is probably the culturally accepted original.
But he wasn't really a "hacker" in today's parlance. More like a pretexter.
- _delirium 10y agoIt was a larger/longer-lasting cultural phenomenon, too. FREE KEVIN stickers were a thing for years...
- stites 10y agoMaybe I'm just out of the loop -- but isn't weev's big "hack" that he incremented numbers in a website URL?
- rabite 10y agoSince this comment thread started with a mention of me (weev) perhaps I should chime in. Can you write a tool to exploit the TCP sequence number + IP spoofing vulnerability that Mitnick did? He did all sorts of stuff beyond that as well. What could you have done in that same era? For you to sit here and call him not a hacker shows you to be utterly clueless. He has more skills than any of his detractors.